Tag(s): ; ; ; , Add Tags
Add to My Group(s)

View Ratings | Rate It

Permalink
View Article Stats      (1 comment)

'Daily Voting News' For May 20, 2006

Add this Page to Facebook!
Submit to Twitter
Submit to Reddit
Submit to Stumble Upon

Tell A Friend
Become a Fan
Get Embed HTML Code
By (about the author)

Become a Fan Become a Fan   -- Page 1 of 2 page(s)

opednews.com

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org

Crittenden County Arkansas hoped to have gotten their ballot programming for their iVotronic machines yesterday afternoon. They are being forced by the state to use the machines in the primary on Tuesday. Because of late arriving software and then having the software come in with mistakes the first time, the county had planned on not using the machines at all. Now they must gather all 150 poll workers today, which is "Graduation Day" for Arkansas schools, and give them a crash-course in how to operate the DREs. This is a recipe for disaster. Someone at ES&S has admitted that they knew there was a problem with their iVotronics that affects the votes of tall voters. However, their spokesperson is now denying there is a problem and that it is up to the voters to check their votes and everyone just loves using the iVotronics so there can be no problem. "ES&S workers" were responsible for some ballots being counted twice on PA primary night so vote counts in Luzerne County were not correct. The 'undervote' rate in Allegheny County Pennsylvania seems to be very high according to reports....

  • AR: Crittenden County Train Wreck - Voting Problems LINK


  • AR: Pulaski County Train Wreck - Height Could Make A Difference In This Year's Elections LINK


  • PA: Allegheny County Train Wreck - Preston's election victory up in air. County review finds voter discrepancies LINK


  • PA: Luzerne County Train Wreck - New winner declared in 1 18th race (ES&S) LINK


  • PA: Luzerne County Train Wreck - Tatu, Bobbouine await final tally in GOP race for 118th (ES&S) LINK


  • NAtional: NPR's Weekend Edition Covers the Latest Diebold Security Issues LINK


  • NAtional: When It Comes to Voting, What Should Be Easy? LINK


  • AL: Clark County - Ballot-marking machines cost nearly $200,000 LINK


  • CA: Huge Victory In Suit Against Diebold Voting Machines LINK


  • CA: Los Angeles County - Early Voting Gets Touchy LINK


  • NM: Santa Fe County - Early voting begins today LINK


  • PA: Philadelphia - Both sides allege irregularities in 179th District race LINK


  • PA: Philadelphia - Feelings run high at vote recount. Some witnesses allege harassment against write-in campaign. LINK


  • PA: Philadelphia - Both sides allege irregularities in 179th District race LINK


  • Next Page  1  |  2

     

    www.votersunite.org

    John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org

    The views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author
    and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.

    Contact Author Contact Editor View Authors' Articles

     

    Share this page: (what's this?)                   Tell a Friend: Tell A Friend

    Add this Page to Facebook!      Submit to Stumble Upon      Submit to Reddit      Add This Page to Mr Wong!           NEWSVINE      DEl.ICIO.US      Looksmart Furl      My Web      Blink List     (More...)

    Comments

    The time limit for entering new comments on this article has expired.

    This limit can be removed. Our paid membership program is designed to give you many benefits, such as removing this time limit. To learn more, please click here.

    Comments: Expand   Shrink   Hide  
    1 comments
    To view all comments:
    Expand Comments
    (Or you can set your preferences to show all comments, always)

    Well by cutesiegirl on Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 11:30:55 PM